From 648287fa8532704f7a741dacffec3a66d8f97db8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maddy <12754347+MaddyDev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:55:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] listen to command a and select the active element. (#8969)

* listen to command a and select the active element.

* type fix
---
 .../notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts      | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
index 9b222c69b1..7d7c8c92a1 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ export class TextCellComponent extends CellView implements OnInit, OnChanges {
 		this._model.updateActiveCell(undefined);
 	}
 
+	@HostListener('document:keydown.meta.a', ['$event'])
+	onkeydown(e) {
+		// use preventDefault() to avoid invoking the editor's select all
+		// select the active .
+		e.preventDefault();
+		document.execCommand('selectAll');
+	}
+
 	private _content: string | string[];
 	private _lastTrustedMode: boolean;
 	private isEditMode: boolean;